Friday, December 9, 2011

Today

I have so much to share with you guys, our trip to Wolgan Valley, my home-made Christmas ornaments, Max's first Christmas Carols, my Christmas decorating and more...

But instead I'm back in bed. This stupid illness that I have seems to sneak up on me when I do too much. My legs are barely working, I have a cold sore and my face is breaking out, I've got a cold and my eyes have puffed up to the point that I can see my own eyelids when I look straight ahead.

Attractive huh?!

The disease I have is called MS (multiple sclerosis). I will do a post about it at some point, but right now I don't feel like I even know enough about it myself.

I first started getting symptoms a little over two years ago when I was pregnant with Max, and its taken from then until a couple of months ago to get a diagnosis. So its still all very new to me.

Most days my life is perfectly normal. But on the days where it's not (like today) it starts to really get me down. I'm not going to go into too much detail today because I would rather write a post about it on one of those days where I'm not feeling sorry for myself. Which is definitely not today!

I hope you're feeling better, soon. I know little about MS but a former employer had it and she, too, had good and bad days. I hope your good days far outnumber the bad ones. But it's good you're getting some rest. If you're tired, then you're body is telling you something.

Not good news Tamsyn. The daughter of my parent's neighbour is living with MS. I don't know too much about it. But hope that your bad days are few and far between. I take L-Lysine for coldsores - doesn't help once you have one but helps in preventing their frequency.

Tanya - The good days are definitely winning at the moment, hopefully it will stay that way! Thank you xx

Jen - Love you xx

Jenn - Thanks Jenn, I promise I will share soon :)

Melody - Thanks lovely x

Brooke - Thank you for the tip on the L-lysine. A great reminder. I used to take it religiously with my vitamins each day to prevent cold sores. I seem to have forgotten about it over the last couple of years.

Hi Tamsyn; I've been missing from blog land for awhile so am doing some catchup and just read your post. I'm so sorry to hear this news of your illness. Please rest and take care of yourself. And please know that I'm thinking of you and sending you loads of good thoughts! Much Love Leese xxpsI love following you on instagram, it's easier for me these days than blogging, so I still feel like I'm in the loop with my friends in the blog world. Your trip away looked amazing! xx

Hey Leese, I love catching up on instagram too :) I don't feel like you've been missing at all! As for Cooper and Ziggy... they could be twins!! They even have the same little bone shaped id tag I think :)

I hope your are learning more about what it means to live with MS. I know for me it is all about planning and energy management. It took me years to figure the balance out though, so I hope your journey is faster!